Paradise Found

On the way, Kaiba received a report of bad news from his brother that KaibaCorp had now been taken over by Dartz. It was mysterious how one single person could hack into the company's accounts without the brothers having any knowledge, but now everything was gone. All of the warriors had something and someone taken from them now. Joey lost Max, Kaiba lost his company, and Yami lost Yugi and Emily. But Lyra promised her new friends that everything would be all right and they would all get back everything Dartz took from them.

Kaiba's research team was already at the museum gathering information on the inscriptions of the ruins. Now they had to find a way to translate the information. Now the research was being uploaded to Kaiba's laptop. The problem was many of the images were difficult even for Lyra to translate and this was her native language. Their only choice now was to use KaibaCorp's computer system, so Kaiba decided that they had to go to headquarters.

Everyone met up at the pier when they finally reached their destination. Thankfully Duke and the Hawkins didn't have any setbacks or need to take any detours. "Any word yet on Yugi or Emily?" Rebecca asked. "We have to find them. If we don't, I'll never forgive you," she tells Yami.

Mokuba could see that Rebecca was really having a hard time forgiving the pharaoh. "Please stop, Becca. We share a common enemy in Dartz and we know he's the one who's really behind all this. There's no time for hard feelings now."

"But we need Yugi and Emily to stop these guys," protested Rebecca.

"I miss them too and I promise we will rescue Yugi and Emily," Yami promised.

"We've got to get to KaibaCorp now," said Lyra.

"Rebecca and I will come along," Mokuba immediately said. "You'll need all the tech support we can give you."

"All right, team, let's move out," said Kaiba. And they go on their path to headquarters. They decide to go underground while the whiz kids support them through their computers and begin hacking into the mainframe. Kaiba knew a path designed for emergencies that would lead him and his friends to the central computer.

They were able to get through one door. "If Dartz's goons are guarding the outside, they'll never suspect us coming through here," said Kaiba. They make it to the elevator and use it to get to the top floor, but their trip is put to a halt as something lands on the roof.

"What's up there?" Joey asked. A monster breaks in through the roof and breaks out through one of the walls.

"I don't know what the hell that was, but I'm not staying to find out." Kaiba smashes the controls to get the doors to slightly open. Altogether, he and Lyra and Yami and Joey pull the doors and get out and find their path blocked by monsters.

"Be careful, guys," Lyra warned. "These are real monsters under the control of the Orichalcos."

"No sweat, Lyra," said Joey. "We can take these guys down 1, 2, 3!" And they all summon their own Duel Monsters and fight their way through.

Kaiba leads them to the next door, but his card key keeps being denied. "Shit, someone's reprogrammed the code!"

This calls for help from the outside and Mokuba and Rebecca put their heads together and open the gate. Though the whiz kids were working together, Mokuba felt like he owed Rebecca a great debt. Rebecca even offered to help upgrade the security system. Mokuba decided he could repay Rebecca with her studies for her college courses.

Apparently, KaibaCorp's mainframe was on a separate system, making it difficult for the young geniuses to hack into the central computer. But Kaiba said he could take it from here. After going through security processes and recognition scans, Kaiba shuts down the computer and reboots it. Now they could analyze the information on the inscriptions and decipher the texts.

Lyra could now clearly read the hieroglyphics. "After its ten thousand year old slumber, the black serpent will swallow the sun and paradise will rule once more."

"Nice work, Lyra, but what does it mean?" Joey asked.

"The paradise referred by the text is the lost city of Atlantis," she answered. "But there's more." She reads another text and tells them the prophecy of Lugia and a chosen one.

Looking closely, Kaiba noticed an insignia he had seen before. "No, it can't be! This is the symbol of a secret financial organization called Paradius! No one's ever seen them, but rumor has it that they control a small piece of every company all over the world! Oh, no! It is them!" Kaiba screamed. "And the president of Paradius is Dartz!"

Yami saw his image appear on the screen. It was the same man leading the Orichalcos Soldiers from his vision. "This doesn't make any sense. How can a man who fought in a war from ten thousand years ago be the president of a modern day corporation?" He turns his attention to Lyra and asks her, "Lyra, do you know anything about this?"

Lyra tries to answer, but is interrupted by sinister laughter. "It's him," she whimpers.

"How right you are, Lyra, old friend. You're so close, yet so very far. Thank you for bringing the chosen warriors to me. You made my job so much easier." And Dartz appears before them.

"I would never help you," Lyra tells him.

He pays no attention. "Mr. Kaiba, Pharaoh, and Joseph Wheeler. So you're the warriors chosen by destiny. Why don't you prove it to me?"

"I don't have to prove anything to you!" Kaiba yelled. "Now give me back my company before I get really angry!"

"And release the souls of everyone you captured!" Yami demanded.

"We want our friends back too!" added Joey.

"Or else what?" Dartz asks. "Because it looks to me like you're in no position to be making any demands."

"Then I'll make you a deal," Yami was saying. "Duel us and if we win, you'll release your prisoners at once!" And he and Kaiba and Joey activate their duel disks and summon their Legendary Dragons.

Dartz was amused. "It's been quite a while. Hello, Timaeus. How is that eye of yours?" The blue Dragon roars and tries to attack Dartz, but he already disappears. "The ancient battle continues, my friends, and soon your souls will be mine. Farewell for now."

Monsters start breaking in to attack the team. Kaiba leads them to another elevator they can use to escape. They make it to the roof of the building. "Unfold your wings and get ready to jump," he tells his friends.

"What?" Lyra gasped.

"We trusted you, now you trust us," Kaiba tells her. Lyra nods and climbs on Joey's back. They all jump from the roof and fly down to the ground. They make it down safely and watch KaibaCorp fall into ruin. They also face the sky and see the silhouette of the Great Beast.